Chapter 52: Fan Ju's Speech (Part 2)
Fan Ju and Cai Ze are both people with a wide range of knowledge in the contemporary world.
It is very speculative to talk about the past and the present at the banquet.
Moreover, the two of them had traveled to all countries and were unable to compete with the kings of the world.
When Cai Ze talked about the scene of himself being driven out of the palace by kings from various countries, the two laughed.
When Fan Ju talked about being insulted by Wei Qi in Wei State and almost died, Cai Ze empathized with it.
At the end, Fan Ju took advantage of the wine and said to Cai Ze: "Mr. Meng was very grateful to him. Mr. Meng was a talented man. Fan Ju felt ashamed of himself, so he should recommend it to my king."
After hearing Fan Ju's words, Cai Ze knew that the turning point in his life had finally come.
He sorted out his robes, stood up, and respectfully politely to Fan Ju and said: "Cai Ze did not expect that Fan Xiang was so envious. If he had previously been rude, please forgive me."
Fan Ju stepped forward and helped Cai Ze up and said:
"Sir, don't have to do this. Fan Ju should be grateful to you! Otherwise, Fan Ju wouldn't know that I would be in trouble."
After Cai Ze returned to the hotel, it was already late.
The innkeeper of the hotel was incredible to see Cai Ze coming back safely.
This... this was not beheaded by Prime Minister Fan Ju!
He hurriedly stepped forward and greeted, "Sir, are you safe?"
Cai Ze laughed when he saw the post officer like this.
He stepped forward and patted the post officer on the shoulder, said nothing, went upstairs to go back to his room and went to rest.
Fan Ju tossed and turned on the couch, constantly remembering what Cai Ze said to him in his mind.
"The Shang king was a ruling of laws and regulations for Qin Xiaogong, and banned evil deeds. Respecting titles will be rewarded. Those who have guilt will be punished. Equal and balanced, correct measurements, adjust the severity, break up the fields and the customs, and persuade the people to cultivate farmers and benefit the land. They will have no other work in a house, accumulate land, and practice war and Chen. Therefore, the troops will move and the land will be wide, and the country will be rich. Therefore, Qin is invincible to the world, establishing the power of the princes, and achieving the career of Qin. The achievements have been completed, and then the cart has been broken."
"Wu Qi has established legislation for King Dao of Chu, which has reduced the power of ministers, abolished incompetence, abolished uselessness, and destroyed the unhurtful officials, blocked private doors, moved the customs of Chu, banned tourists' people, and arduous people who cultivated and fought. He took Yang Yue in the south, and joined Chen and Cai in the north, and destroyed the horizontal and scattered followers, so that the scattered people had no words to open their mouths, banned the cliques to encourage the people, and determined the policies of Chu, and the soldiers were in the world, and the power of the princes was imminent. The achievements were accomplished, and the branches were finally resolved."
"The official Wenzhong was a long-term plan for King Yue, avoiding the danger of Kuaiji, and taking the death as a survival, and being honored by humiliation, reclaiming grass into towns, opening up land and growing valleys, leading the people from all directions to the power of the upper and lower levels, assisting Ju Jian's wise men, repaying Fu Chai's fault, and capturing Wu. The success was proven and trustworthy, Ju Jian finally defeated him and killed him."
"The Chu area has thousands of miles, holding a million halberds. Bai Qi led tens of thousands of troops to fight against Chu. In one battle, Yan Ying was used to burn Yiling, and then the south and Shu Han were fought. He then crossed Han, and attacked Zhao, and the north was garrisoned, killing more than 400,000 people. They were all under Changping, bleeding into rivers, and the sound of thunder was like thunder. He then entered Handan, giving Qin an imperial career. Chu, Zhao, the Qi Kingdom in the world and the enemy of Qin. Since then, Chu and Zhao were all intimidated by those who did not dare to attack Qin, which was Bai Qi's power. More than seventy cities were covered by their power, and they were given swords and died at Du You."
"The four sons have not succeeded, and the disaster will come to this. This is what is called "believe but cannot be rude, and go but cannot be returned." Fan Li knew it and transcends the world and became Tao Zhu Gong. Whoever did not look at his broad-mindedness? Some want to make a big spoil or want to divide the merits, this is what the king knows."
"Now the king of Qin, he is not planning to put down the seats, and plans to build a temple. He is a prince, and is good at using the three rivers to make good use of Yang, to determine the dangers of the sheep intestines, block the Taihang way, and to kill Fan, and to the Tu of Zhongxing. The six countries cannot follow each other. The plank road is thousands of miles away, which is connected to Shu Han, so that the world is afraid of Qin. Qin wants to obtain it, and the king's achievements are extremely good. This is also the time when Qin divides the achievements. If this does not retreat, then Shang Jun, Bai Gong, Wu Qi, and the doctor Wen Zhong."
Thinking of this, Fan Ju put on her clothes and got out of bed, opened the window, and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
He murmured and said to himself:
"It's time to leave, it's really time to leave. It's time to retreat! It's time to go back and reunite with your old wife!"
Fan Ju was a relative of his wife since childhood. Since then, both Fan Ju's parents died and the family business has fallen.
Seeing this, Fan Ju's wife's family wanted to regret the marriage, but Fan Ju's wife insisted on marrying Fan Ju.
After the two got married, Fan Ju began to travel around the countries after having children.
But since becoming a disciple of Xu Jia, a senior official of Wei State, Fan Ju has never returned to his hometown.
As the prime minister, Fan Ju wanted to take his wife to Xianyang, but Fan Ju's wife did not agree. She just wrote to tell Fan Ju: I don't seek wealth in this life, but I am willing to guard the hut in my hometown and wait for Fan Ju to come back.
A few days later, on the day of the great court, Fan Ju submitted a message to Yingji and said:
"The king now has Cai Ze, a famous scholar from Yan State. According to my investigation, this person is very talented and knows allusions of the Three Emperors, the achievements of the Five Emperors, and even the changes in the world since ancient times. The future major policies of Qin State can be fully delivered to him."
As soon as the Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju finished speaking, the entire Qin Dynasty was in an uproar.
Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju, this is trying to abdicate! No one expected this!
Even King Yingji of Qin was very surprised.
Looking at Fan Ju of Your Highness, Ying Ji couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, Yingji asked Fan Ju:
"Prime Minister, how is Cai Ze the person you just mentioned compared to you?"
Fan Ju bowed to Yingji and said, "The king, I have seen many talented people in my life. However, none of them can match Cai Ze. Even the talent of the humble minister is not as good as him. Please consider the king and accept it."
Yingji nodded and said to Fan Ju:
"Prime Minister, since you recommend this person so strongly, I will summon him to see if he is as the Prime Minister said?"
Then he turned his head and said to the attendant beside him: "I have passed on my edict, and I ordered Cai Ze to see you."
"promise."
After Yingji summoned Cai Ze, he really "scared" the King of Qin when he saw Cai Ze's appearance.
This person... this person is even ugly than Prime Minister Fan Ju! It's really ugly!
Are the important officials we want to use in Qin State are all these ugly people?
But after asking about Cai Ze's many major national events, King Yingji of Qin was very satisfied with Cai Ze's answer.
Cai Ze was awarded the position of guest secretary on the spot.
Seeing this, the prime minister of Qin Fan Ju took the opportunity to resign, but King Yingji of Qin refused.
After the court came, Fan Ju ordered his old housekeeper to seal all the things rewarded by the King of Qin.
The next day, Fan Ju invited Cai Ze and said to Cai Ze:
"Mr. He is a talented man, and he should be the prime minister of Qin. Today, Fan Ju bids farewell to Mr. and returns to his hometown."
"Ah! Prime Minister, you..."
When Cai Ze saw that the prime minister of Qin Fan Ju really followed his advice, he wanted to quit his grandson and go home.
At this time, I didn’t know what to say to Fan Ju.
Fan Ju smiled and handed the silk of the document and silk that had been written in his hand to Cai Ze and said, "Sir, please do not refuse, hold this hand and meet the king in writing. I have already recommended the king to succeed as prime minister in the book, and I hope that the king will not let go of his entrustedness."
After saying that, Fan Ju slowly knelt down in the direction of the palace, kowtowed and cried, "Master, I have not helped my king destroy the six kings and unify the world. I have failed my king's trust and are no longer worthy of being above the prime minister. I have gone!"
Then, he stood up and said to the old housekeeper: "Let's go! Let's go back to our hometown at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain."
Cai Ze held Fan Ju's handwriting that Fan Ju recommended to him as a prime minister behind him, and bowed deeply to Fan Ju.
"Master, go well."
After Fan Ju left the city, King Yingji of Qin received the report from the attendant order and knew that Fan Sui had left without saying goodbye.
"When King Fan left, when Fan Xiang left, he kowtowed to the direction of the palace and cried farewell to my king. He did not help my king destroy the six kings and unify the world. I am sorry to my king. Fan Xiang sealed all the money and property rewarded by my king and did not take away any of them."
"When the prime minister left, only an old housekeeper who had followed him for many years followed him. When he left the city, there was only one van, two boxes of bamboo slips, and nothing else... The king, can you send someone to invite the prime minister back?"
After hearing what the Qin King Yingji had said, he shook his head.
But somehow, Yingji was already in tears before he knew it.
He stood up, stretched out his right hand, spread his five fingers and grabbed it forward.
It seemed as if I wanted to capture my prime minister back to me.
He whispered: "Prime Minister..."
After Fan Ju left the city, he took a bus to Du You, ten miles west of Xianyang City.
Stepping on the dead grass, Fan Ju took a slow step towards the tomb of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi.
Standing in front of this lonely loess tomb in front of him, Fan Ju's mood was very complicated.
After a while, Fan Ju said slowly: "Mr. Wu'an! Now that I think about it, you and me are in the court, fighting each other for profit and harm. Now that you are dead, I will also refuse to return to my hometown. The benefits and harms are no longer related."
"Mr. Wu'an! Life is only a few decades long, and Wang Tu's dominance is like a dream! I woke up from the dream, it's just empty. Wu'an, what you said to Fan Ju when you left, Fan Ju will never forget in this life."
Speaking of this, Fan Ju knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Bai Qi's tomb, and gave a big gift.
"Mr. Wu'an, please accept a bow from an old friend."
Finally, he looked at Bai Qi's grave and turned around and left.
In the second month of Guanzhong, early spring has arrived. By accident, grass has emerged from the soil. The branches on both sides of the road have begun to grow fat and tender teeth.
Facing the setting sun, a van slowly headed east from Xianyang.
Fan Ju in the car knew that his wife was quietly waiting for him at his hometown at Zhongtiao Mountain in the distance.
Chapter completed!